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Literary Icons Rushdie and le Carré End 15-Year Feud

Staff / Truthdig Nov 13, 2012 Nobody fights better than writers, so it's a little sad that novelists Salman Rushdie and John le Carré have agreed to stop hating each other. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fatwa Issued Against Pakistani President for ‘Flirting’ With Palin

Staff / Truthdig Sep 30, 2008 Tina Fey, in character again as Sarah Palin for last weekend's "Saturday Night Live," made light of how the Republican vice presidential candidate was "literally" embraced by "a couple of them Pakistani guys" she met at the United Nations last week. Unfortunately for Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, though, the prayer leader of Islamabad's Red Mosque isn't laughing about Zardari's encounter with Palin last Thursday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Overreacting

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That’s ‘Sir Salman Rushdie’ to You

Staff / Truthdig Jun 17, 2007 Eighteen years after the publication of Salman Rushdie's explosively controversial novel "The Satanic Verses" -- which led to widespread criticism by Muslims and a death threat ordered by Ayatollah Khomeini -- the Indian-born writer has been singled out for a much more desirable form of official recognition: Rushdie has been knighted by the queen of England. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

When Hugging Is a Crime

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2007 Nilofar Bakhtiar, Pakistan's federal minister for tourism, is in hot water with clerics in her home country for hugging a skydiving instructor who guided her through a tandem parachute jump for charity last month. Now, after striking such an "obscene" pose, she's had to resign from Pakistan's Cabinet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )